PA security agencies arrest several Hamas supporters in West Bank[ 22/08/2011 - 01:34 PM ]
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Palestinian Authority security agencies arrested several Hamas supporters in the West Bank on Monday morning.
Four arrests were reported in the West Bank cities of Al-Khalil, Nablus, and Ramallah.
Most of those arrested had previously been held prisoner by the PA security agencies.
The arrests came just a day after the Israel occupation forces carried out one of the largest arrest sweeps in Al-Khalil since 2003.
At least five of the arrests by the PA security agencies took place in Al-Khalil governorate where the IOF had been operating.
Al-Khalil preventive security agency raided Idhna south of Al-Khalil after night prayers and tried to gain custody of a number of youths there who had refused to turn themselves into the security services for questioning. Elements for the agencies hunted them down until late hours of the night without arrest.
The preventative and intelligence branches of PA security are still carrying out a campaign to summon Hamas supporters in Al-Khalil. They have amassed so far some 40 prisoners from Al-Khalil governorate, including 12 who are being held in the notorious Al-Dhahiriyya prison.
Also arrested in Jenin was Palestinian blogger Tamir Abdul-Ghani Sabaena from Qabatiya after he refused to respond to summonses by the PA security services.
Sabaena is a known human rights activist who has written many political and intellectual articles. He was previously kept prisoner by the Israelis and Jenin security agencies.
[ 21/08/2011 - 10:31 AM ]
AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces arrested Sunday morning more than 50 Hamas supporters in one of the largest raids on the West Bank city of Al-Khalil since 2003.
IOF troops accompanied by more than a hundred military vehicles in addition to undercover forces began raiding the city midnight Sunday and deployed throughout its neighborhoods, local and security sources said.
A number of arrests have also been made in towns outside of the city, as the operation, one of the largest since 2003, continues.
Violent clashes broke out in several areas and civilians have been left injured.
Among those taken into custody was Palestinian MP Mohammed Mutlaq Abu Juheisha.
Also on Sunday morning, Israeli forces arrested Palestinian reporter Oseid Abdul-Majid Amarina, 26, after a violent raid on his home in Dheisha refugee camp east of Bethlehem.
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